Vaporizer



Patented dan. 2, i923.

nuiraefsraras intense serena cranica EDGAR GARRISON BALLENGER, OFATLANTA, GEORG-Lik.Y

VAPORIZER.

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Be it Yknown that I, EDGARG. BALLENGER,

- a citizen of the United States, and resident bustion engines of thegasoline type, this has resulted in a. general lowering of efficiency ofthis type of engine, in that carbon deposits have come intobeing inthe'composis tion chamber, and further, less than one half of themixture introduced into the conventional engine' cylinder has beenlconsumed during the explosion stroke.

With this in mind numerous devices have been placed upon the market,which have sought to overcome the defects presented in the vapprizationof fuel, the most noteworthy of/the same being an attachment to' theexhaust pipe whereby hot sair .mayl be drawn into the carburetor, and afurther device known as the hot spot manifold in which the intake ductslhave been entirely enclosed Within Vthe exhaust pipe of an en-l ginewhereby to heat the mixture entering the cylinders to a high degree,insuring a` iinevaporizationof the fuel charge, and a consequentialincrease in eiciency of operation. Y

All ofA these devices have presented' defects in that the introductionof heated air alone does not produce a sufficiently vapoijizelg mixtureYto permit of a maximum efficiency" of operatio and the great difficultyexperienced in 'ci nnection with the hot spot manifold has beenpresented in that the mixture is heated to a high degree upontthe enginerunning at high speedsa't which time the'forciebf suction will insure afairly efficient mixture in any.- instance, but when the engine isturning-` at a slow speed, the

' heating of the mixture willbe negligible due to they fact that but asmall amount of ex=l haust ases are produced.

Wit, -this in` mind have constructed a vaporizer by 'means et vvk-rehaunermly j 1920. Serial No. 383,079.

efii'cient mixture will be produced at all times, which vaporizer willserve to insure a minute sub-dividing and .breaking up of the particlesof the mixture for a perfect vaporization of the same.

A further object of my invention is the construction of a vaporizer bymeans of which the mixture will be heated in an extremely .eiiicientmanner so that a fluid mbodying high explosive qualities will beproduced.

Reference is hadto the attached sheet of drawings as illustrating onepractical embodiment of my invention and in which drawing the figureillustrates a sectional view of a vaporizer constructed inaccordancewithm'y invention, such vaporizer having associated with'it acarburetor andintake manifold. t

In this figure the reference numeral l indicates a carburetor of anydesired type, i

and intake manifold 6, fora purpose here-'.

inafter more fully specified, whichr casing is conveniently formed 'withan opening, normally closed by any suitable type of door 7 through whichaccess may be had to the interior of the same.

The casing 5 is. lled with any suitablel substance presenting a seriesof narrow interstices such as steel wool 8, which substance may beheldwithin 'the casing by any suitable means such as wire mesh 9'retained inposition by 'meansof a conveniently extending. ring 1i) terminating in agroove formed inthe -inner face of the end portion of the casing.

' A tube l1 has one of its ends projecting( into the casing,V itsopposite end being in communication with the exhaust pipe of theenginezgand serves to permit the-introduction of a certain amount of the,highly heated products of combistion into the-casing 5.

- It will now be appreciated that the mix ture will be produced in theusual manner, and will pass upwardly'throu h the pipe 3 due to 'the'suction existent' n the intake manifold 6.1 "In passing through the massof steel wool or ether substance @d the mixture Iunderstood that of themixture to become ignited .due to the introduction of these the mixturein l ofthe mixture will 'result due to the imwill be minutely subdividedby virtue of the gases Will bc eiiectually counter-acted by virtue ofthe smothering action exerted by the substance 8. Also by providing avalve l2 of'any desired type and conveniently connecting the same bymeans 'of linkage such as 13 to. move synchronouslyL with the throttleValve 4, the exhaust gases will always be introduced into proportion tothe iow of the latter.

llt will further be understood, that. by

virtue of providing a casing'5 oi. greater Icross sectional area thaneither of the members 3 and 6, that'nothin'ning or retarding largerpediment presented by the substance S in View of the fact that themixture has a passagethrough which to move.

It will be appreciated that in certain instances -it might be permit thepreheating means of the exhaust the manner indicated.

of the mixtureby gases introduced in Obviously numerous modificationsof' structure might be resorted to Without departingV from the scopeofmy'claim, whichy advantageous to entirely v dispense with thesubstance 8, and to merely therebetween, of a pipe extendingv between`the exhaust outlet ofthe consuming element and said intake manifold forpermittingV the introduction of a certain part of the highly heatedproducts of combustion into said intake manifold, sentingnarrowinterstices arranged" Within said intake manifold in the path of fioW ofsaid fuel mixture and adjacent thepoint of connection of said pipe withthe same.

EDGAR GARRISON BALLENGER.

and a mass of material pre-

